After two college students were run over by a speeding bus, an irate mob torched two buses, one vehicle and pelted police with stones at EM Bypass in Kolkata (West Bengal) on Saturday, forcing the police to baton-charge to disperse them. The accident occurred at around 11.30 am when two college students — Biswajit Bhuniya …

A video from Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj town has surfaced on social media in which unidentified youths can be seen brandishing swords, sticks and guns, according to NDTV report. As per media reports, the police are investigating the authenticity of the video and sequence of the footage, which is purportedly recorded on 26 January. Not long …

Reports of fresh violence have emerged in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district on Saturday after a 16-year-old boy, Chandan Gupta, was killed and at least two persons were injured in clashes on Republic Day. As per media reports, five shops were torched and multiple properties were vandalised by a mob, while they were returning from the cremation …

Angry commuters went on the rampage at Shahdara station on Thursday night, damaging railway property and and pelting stones after trains got delayed. According to a Railway police official two persons were arrested and they are identifying the others involved in the incident. According to Railway Protection Force (RPF) sources, there was a two-hour delay in some …

Four criminals were beaten to death with sticks and stones by a vigilante mob in a Bihar village, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Rohtas district of Bihar, when the eight criminals were trying to flee after firing indiscriminately at a man in Koath area, said police officer Alok Kumar and added that …

The police on Saturday arrested 18 people who had allegedly attacked three Army personnel at Sheeri in Baramulla district. On Friday, the three Territorial Army (TA) personnel were visiting the market place at Sheeri, to withdraw money from an ATM, when the mob allegedly branded them as ‘braid-choppers’ and assaulted them. Sheeri police station received information that …

A mob of ‘vigilantes’ allegedly thrashed an Indian Army soldier, on the suspicion of being involved in a braid-chopping incident in Kashmir’s Kupwara town, said media reports on Tuesday. The soldier was rescued by the army. The soldier is in a critical condition and has been transferred to a hospital for treatment, said media reports. …

Six foreign tourists, who had lost their way in Srinagar, were rescued by the Jammu and Kashmir Police from a mob which suspected them for ‘braid-choppers’ on Sunday. The tourists — three Australians and one person each from England, South Korea and Ireland — were on their way to Srinagar from Leh in a vehicle …

A 70-year-old man was stoned to death by a mob in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Friday, after being suspected as the ‘braid-chopper’. The incident was reported in the Danter village of Anantnag where the elderly man Abdul Salam Wani was beaten to death with bricks as a mob “mistook” him for a braid-chopper …

An angry mob on Saturday attacked a Jawed Habib salon in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district and vandalised the property over the use of Hindu gods’ caricature in one of his advertisements. Police said the mob was led by workers of the Hindu Jagran Manch, who attacked the beauty salon in Motinagar in the district neighbouring …

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mohammad Ayub Pandith, was lynched by a violent mob in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar on Thursday night when they caught him clicking pictures of people while coming out of a mosque in downtown of the city. Men of the J&K Police on duty with him reportedly fled from the …

A police official was on Sunday suspended and ten persons were arrested in connection with the lynching of a woman by a mob suspecting her as a child lifter at Domuhani in Mayurbhanj district. "While ten persons have so far been arrested, some more villagers are likely to be nabbed. Investigation showed involvement of many …

A mob on Wednesday ransacked a private hospital here and beat up the security guards following a patient's death. "A mob attacked and vandalised the Calcutta Medical Research Institute in Ekbalpur after a girl admitted to the hospital died," a police official said. According to hospital attendants, a group of nearly 100 men attacked the …